[Is there a easy way to clone a HDD?]

I am curious to know if I pull my old and smaller HDD on SATA0 and replace it with the new and bigger HDD with it.

 

What would happen?  Is it going to create a huge mess?

[Is there a easy way to clone a HDD?]

29 minutes ago, IG-88 said:

also a option is to boot system with a live or recovery linux and use dd to clone the disk

google for "dd clone disk" and you will find things like this

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/disk_cloning

 

after cloning remove old disk, put new disk on sata0 and boot from dsm usb boot stick, that way it will stay a basic volume on one (bigger) disk that can be expanded afterwards

 

are you shure you can undo the raid1 back to basic?

on my raid6 dsm does not offer a downgrade to raid5

 

 

I wish I read your reply a bit earlier, I just clicked and expanding my SHR to 1 disk fault tolerance.

 

If I take out the original and smaller size hdd and leave the newer and larger hdd in SATA0 after sync, will that create problem?

[Is there a easy way to clone a HDD?]

9 hours ago, XPEH said:

You can connect second drive and create a RAID1 (Mirror). After sync is finished, remove the first smaller drive and expand the volume. Alternatively, full backup, including configuration. Rebuild with larger drive and restore.

 

 

Thanks.  I am a newbie at this.  How do I expand the volume after sync?  Can I do this in the DSM?

[Is there a easy way to clone a HDD?]

I want to move the content of my SATA0 hdd to a new and bigger hdd.

 

Is there an easy way to do it?  Are cloning (which software to use?) and gparted the way to go?  I tried the hyper backup but it doesn't seem to allow me to restore to a different hdd.

 

My SATA0 is only 300GB and running out of space.  I am using baremetal and running 6.1.3 update 8.

 

Thanks.

[Looking for SATA controller card for baremetal]

PCIe 3.0 cards are too expensive for me.  I think I will stick with PCIe 2.0 card.  I think I am taking a speed hit with the PCIe 2.0 card compare with the SATA on board speed?

 

@IG-88  It would be nice to have updated hardware support list.  

 

 

[Looking for SATA controller card for baremetal]

Thanks guys.

 

I found this, will it work?

 

https://www.amazon.ca/IOCrest-Port-SATA-Controller-Components/dp/B00AZ9T3OU/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1507647157&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=io%2Bcrest%2Bsataiii%2Bpci-e&th=1

 

Any difference between the SE9215 and SE9235?

[Looking for SATA controller card for baremetal]

I am running out of SATA port on the motherboard.

 

Would like to add a SATA controller card to add more HDD.

 

Will Marvell 88SE9235 and 88SE9215 work with Jun loader?

 

My baremetal is running 6.1.3 update 6 with Jun 1.02b loader.

 

Thanks.

[DSM 6.1.3-15152 Update 6]

No problem on DS3615xs Jun's 1.02b loader on baremetal

Update from 6.1.3 to 6.1.3. Update 6

 

[DSM 6.1.3-15152 Update 5]

I just upgraded from 5.2 to 6.1.3 on baremetal.  Can I go straight to update 6 without going through the other updates?

 

[DSM 5.2-5592 Update 4]

@rl77

 

Thanks. I updated to Update 4 without any problem. Need to reboot twice to see all volumes.

[DSM 5.2-5592 Update 4]

Newbie here.

 

I installed Xpenology 5.2-5592 on ECS H67H2-M motherboard.

 

Can I go straight to update 4?

 

Do I update from the DSM or the install/upgrade menu on the bootloader?